My ultimate DIY Galaxy S8 DEX laptop docking station!!

[dg4ever1]

Finally my laptop smartphone docking station is finished! A lot of planning and work stuck in it! I have used an old Acer 17,3 "laptop for it. I removed the mainboard and all electronics from it and installed a good full HD panel. The panel is connected with an HDMI to EDP converter board with the smartphone. I installed some voltage transformers, a 2x3 Watt audio amplifier for the laptop speakers, a charging board, a 5v fan and an USB Hub. The smartphone is connected via USB C (mhl) cable and for sound there is an audio cable. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to run the original keyboard and the touchpad. That's why I installed an ultra flat Bluetooth keyboard with TouchPad.
A battery is not installed yet. This is the next thing I want to do.
So... I don't need a real computer any more!

Here is a link to my Video. In the end you can see even gaming is no problem !!

https://youtu.be/hcHzhrkbhZI

 

[StardustGeass]

Finally my laptop smartphone docking station is finished! A lot of planning and work stuck in it! I have used an old Acer 17,3 "laptop for it. I removed the mainboard and all electronics from it and installed a good full HD panel. The panel is connected with an HDMI to EDP converter board with the smartphone. I installed some voltage transformers, a 2x3 Watt audio amplifier for the laptop speakers, a charging board, a 5v fan and an USB Hub. The smartphone is connected via USB C (mhl) cable and for sound there is an audio cable. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to run the original keyboard and the touchpad. That's why I installed an ultra flat Bluetooth keyboard with TouchPad.
A battery is not installed yet. This is the next thing I want to do.
So... I don't need a real computer any more!



Here is a link to my Video. In the end you can see even gaming is no problem !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/hcHzhrkbhZI

Hey! That is totally awesome!!
Congrats for it!

Do you have a plan to put the phone as a TouchPad, replacing the original TouchPad? Since it seems like razer's project Linda is awesome, and also eliminates the "bump" on the back..

 

[dg4ever1]

Hey! That is totally awesome!!
Congrats for it!

Do you have a plan to put the phone as a TouchPad, replacing the original TouchPad? Since it seems like razer's project Linda is awesome, and also eliminates the "bump" on the back..

Yes, I've thought about that, but that would mean more work, I'm satisfied now!

 

[sp1312]

Finally my laptop smartphone docking station is finished! A lot of planning and work stuck in it! I have used an old Acer 17,3 "laptop for it. I removed the mainboard and all electronics from it and installed a good full HD panel. The panel is connected with an HDMI to EDP converter board with the smartphone. I installed some voltage transformers, a 2x3 Watt audio amplifier for the laptop speakers, a charging board, a 5v fan and an USB Hub. The smartphone is connected via USB C (mhl) cable and for sound there is an audio cable. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to run the original keyboard and the touchpad. That's why I installed an ultra flat Bluetooth keyboard with TouchPad.
A battery is not installed yet. This is the next thing I want to do.
So... I don't need a real computer any more!

Here is a link to my Video. In the end you can see even gaming is no problem !!

https://youtu.be/hcHzhrkbhZI

Nice one man... it is very awesome.. i am sure you can still modify this and make more reliable by taking the mobile at front.. there are some other laptops like this from there you can get some design inspiration...

 

[reggiexp]

nice, got me thinking how about the motorola atrix dock? back in the days? that could boot linux and ****. will that dock work with the s8 (damn that moto atrix laptop dock thing was my child hood dream

 

[dg4ever1]

So I build in a 4s 2650mah lipo battery in it. It seems to work fine. The DC DC converters that I build in , can handle the 4s (14,8V) battery very well! Even phone charging is working?? I will upload a small video in the next few weeks.

 

[reggiexp]

So I build in a 4s 2650mah lipo battery in it. It seems to work fine. The DC DC converters that I build in , can handle the 4s (14,8V) battery very well! Even phone charging is working I will upload a small video in the next few weeks.

yeh that would be cool

 

[nytewing1960]

nice, got me thinking how about the motorola atrix dock? back in the days? that could boot linux and ****. will that dock work with the s8 (damn that moto atrix laptop dock thing was my child hood dream

I have an Atrix lapdock, it will load dex, but the screen resolution wont handle the output from the phone, it overloads it. At least thats what mine is doing. So instead I use it for my Raspberry pi for now.

 

[tardisguy]

How to "Gaming Dock" AKA:"Lapdock" (like motorola)
is 1 LCD inverter + USB(or ps2 to usb) pins into IO.
-> Screen = li-ion power cell to DC lcd inverter.

use any laptop shell. lcd will be DVI over HDMI

 

[AirborneDude]

Exactly What I was looking for

I have been looking for something like this for business trips. I used DEX at home for my S8 Note, but laptop for travel would be perfect. I have an older Toshiba laptop I was going to donate, but this will be my new project. Appreciate you sharing your project.